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Tasmanian financial planner Brendan Moore could still escape criminal conviction when he is sentenced by a Federal judge on November 2, even though he pleaded guilty to t...
Financial planning
THERE’S at least one financial planner out there who views the emergence of reverse mortgages as a compliment to financial planners...
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Few financial products have a greater potential to tug at Australians’ emotions than reverse mortgages, according to Kieren Dell, executive director of the Senior Austral...
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Financial planning
Last week financial planners were given the first solid indication of what they will have to pay to comply with looming anti-money laundering legislation....
Financial planning
Platforms have proliferated and grown to colossal sizes, evolving over time to occupy a space in the financial services landscape in which they have few competitors....
Financial planning
An example SOA has now been published by ASIC, intended to provide guidance to planners on the giving of documented financial advice. So is the regulator up to scratch wh...
Life/Risk
It is a problem that everybody knows about, and some have solutions for, yet it will not go away. Australians are not buying risk insurance, and far too-few advisers are ...
People & Products
Listed funds management holding company Treasury Group has hired Christine Feldmanis as managing director of its boutique fund manager service division, Treasury Group In...
Financial planning
Paragem Partners has made its second acquisition in as many months, snapping up Zurich’s DBOS licensee support service business, after it bought Tribeca’s compliance arm ...
Financial planning
The corporate regulator’s 12-page example SOA has been welcomed by the FPA, but criticised by the Federal Opposition for still being too long....
Financial planning
A “taken aback” chief executive of the Financial Planning Association, Kerrie Kelly, has demanded the chair of the Australian Securities and Investments Commission take a...
Financial planning
The FPA has stepped up the pressure on its members over soft dollar payments, asking them to prove they are complying with a new code of conduct....
Financial planning
With conflicts of interest in the spotlight, receiving payment for services is no simple matter. Zoe Fielding asked Financial Planning Association director Sarah Brennan ...
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Glad to see the back of you Steve. You made financial more expensive, not more affordable as you claim, and presided ...
Completely agree Peter. The definition of 'significant change is circumstances relevant to the scope of the advice' is s...